Friday, March 4th, 2022
NDU, NUML Win ICT Regional Round of Pakistan Universities Debating Championship
ISLAMABAD, MAR 4 /DNA/ – ICT Regional Round of Pakistan Universities Debating Championship was held at HEC Auditorium on March 03, 2022. The National Defense University (NDU), Islamabad won the first prize for English Debate, while National University of Modern Languages (NUML), Islamabad won the first prize in Urdu Debate. Executive Director HEC Dr. Shaista Sohail graced the closing ceremony of the debate championship as chief guest, while Adviser Administration HEC Mr. Awais Ahmed, and Adviser Academics & Accreditation HEC Engr. Muhammad Raza Chohan were also present. The panel ofRead More
NATO ‘ready’ if conflict comes, says top US diplomat
NATO would prefer to avoid confrontation with Russia but stands ready if “the conflict comes to us,” US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said on Friday. NATO “is a defensive alliance. We seek no conflict. But if the conflict comes to us, we are ready for it,” Blinken told reporters while on his way to an extraordinary meeting in Brussels among top diplomats in the alliance. With the latest developments in the war between Russia and Ukraine, as well as the alliance’s response to it, at the top of theRead More
President Alvi appears before Islamabad ATC in PTV attack case
ISLAMABAD: President Arif Alvi made his first appearance before an anti-terrorism court in Islamabad on Friday in the 2014 Pakistan Television (PTV) and Parliament House attack case. Alvi, who is nominated in the case, arrived at the ATC along with his counsel Babar Awan and filed an application to decline availing presidential immunity that he enjoys under Article 248 of the Constitution. The hearing was conducted by ATC judge Muhammad Ali Warraich. The president informed the court that he had the prerogative to avail immunity under the laws of Pakistan,Read More
Saudi Arabia and Indonesia: Clashing visions of ‘moderate Islam’
Two diametrically opposed visions of moderate Islam have emerged as major Muslim powers battle to define the soul of their faith in the 21st century in a struggle that is as much about geopolitics as it is about autocratic survival and visualisations of a future civilisation and world order. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Yahya Cholil Staquf, the newly elected chairman of the central board of Indonesia’s Nahdlatul Ulama, the world’s largest Muslim civil society movement, expressed their duelling visions in separate but almost simultaneously published interviews. WhileRead More
PM package of tax incentives to push industrialization: PIAF
LAHORE, MAR 4 /DNA/ – The Pakistan Industrial and Traders Associations Front (PIAF), appreciating the Prime Minister’s package, said that the tax incentives would push industrialization in the country and strengthen efforts to support private capital investment in the manufacturing sector. PIAF appreciates the government for taking the business community onboard in the whole process and incorporating their all suggestions in the industrial package. PIAF senior vice chairman Nasir Hameed and vice chairman Javed Siddiqi, observed that the package is aimed at bolstering investments in new companies, revive closed factoriesRead More
Telecom sector generated PKR 644 billion revenue in 2021: Report
ISLAMABAD, Mar 4 (DNA): The Telecom Sector in Pakistan has generated the highest-ever PRK 644 billion revenue during Fiscal Year 2020-21. This was reported by Gwadar Pro, quoting Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Annual Report. The telecom sector has also attracted US$ 202 million in the form of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and contributed PKR 226 billion to the national exchequer. As per details, with successful spectrum auctions and license renewals in Pakistan, and Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJ&K) and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) during the period, an amount of US$ 486 millionRead More